Wednesday, January 20, 2016

I'm so thrilled and honored to finally tell you about my trip to Venice a few months back! I'm still a bit speechless, to be honest. I was lucky enough to be asked to model for the one and only Vivienne Westwood. That's right... Colby Does Couture! Check out these amazing campaign shots by Jurgen Teller.

The problem there is one of repair, mass
tourism on cruise ships and of climate change.

Shot around the alleys & canals,
shipyards and palazzos of Venice, the campaign highlights the beauty &
decay of Venice and the urgent need to save it: www.weareherevenice.org/

“The scientist Contessa Jane da Mosto has been campaigning to save
Venice. In 1966 there was a terrible flood and since then people have been
analysing the problem and proposing solutions. The lagoon is one of the most
wonderful wetlands in the world: exquisite symbiosis between the animals and plants
that stabalise the sediment from the freshwater rivers and Venice itself which
has grown with the lagoon. If Venice were not there the wetlands would have
become either land or a bay – the sea having swept away the sediment. The
biggest problem now seems to be the cruise ships which tear up the lagoon. It’s
a total false economy to allow them. The Contessa says that Venice is ‘the
canary in the mine’. If we can’t save Venice, how do we save the world?”

Monday, January 18, 2016

After 48 states, several provinces and a district, we raise a glass to the mighty Colbymobile who has shuffled off this mortal coil.

On Saturday the transmission blew and I dished out $350 to have it repaired. Alas, there was nothing that could be done to save her. Unfortunately a car that no longer drives in reverse and has trouble with two other gears isn't exactly roadworthy, so I have to say goodbye.

A generous donation to #COLBYDOESAMERICA from my friend Donald, this chariot in the form of a red Ford Escape took me across our great nation and up into Canada. She's seen me through good hookups and bad, and carried me to sites of great historical and political significance. I even named it in honor of my friends Norvin and Max. Chiidi means "car" in Diné (Navajo) and Tudarruka means "car" in Keres (the language of the Laguna Pueblo).

So now I'm going to have to get a rental... and I'm well and truly homeless once more.